A few days later, Alia and Clara took Emma out from their mansion in the capital. It had been a while since they left, but there was sothing they really wanted to do.
Clara looked at the small paper in her hand and glanced at the two lines, an address.
"We'll have to walk quite a bit." she said as she looked at Alia, who nodded.
"Yeah, I know. I went there last night but Keith wasn't there so…."
Miya looked up at the two of them, "Where are we going?"
Alia turned to the girl and smiled playfully, "We're going to et papa's sister."
The two of them expected Miya to get excited, but her reaction was far from what they thought it would be. She nodded and looked forward silently as she walked beside them.
Clara and Alia looked at each other before Clara placed her hand on Miya's small head, "Is sothing wrong, Miya?"
"…No." she said, but her voice cracked. The three of them imdiately stopped and Alia knelt down, "Tell us what's on your mind."
Miya looked her her with watery eyes and spoke, her voice almost a whisper, "Are you giving away? My uncle did it…" she said as she stared at her feet and then looked up, "Was I a bad girl?"
"Of course not!" Clara exclaid as she hugged her from behind, "We're really going to papa's sister's house. To introduce you. They also have a son, he'll be your cousin. I forgot his na though…"
This ti, Miya's eyes lit up as she nodded excitedly, "Big brother?"
"Noo he's small. I think he's around two years now?" Alia said as she estimated the child's age, to which Clara nodded.
The trio hired a carriage and set on towards the edge of the capital, a place that was pretty close to the slums.
Almost an hour later, the three of them got off the carriage and walked for a bit before stopping in front of a small house. Alia took out the small piece of paper and took a look at it before she shifted her attention back to the house.
"Should be this one… but why is the house so small? Based on what Keith said, his brother in law should be making enough money to get a house at a better place so I don't understand why they decided on this place." Clara said softly as she walked towards the door.
Alia followed with Miya holding her hands, "Yeah, and it's really close to the slums too. I've heard that robberies are really common here."
Clara nodded in response and knocked on the door a few tis before waiting.
"Coming!" a voice ca out from inside the house and a few seconds later, the door was pulled open.
Rebecca looked a the two of them and then her eyes travelled down to Miya. She looked up at them with a confused expression on her face.
"Where's Keith?"
Alia looked at Clara and cleared her throat before she started speaking, "Well, Keith is on so sort of important mission or whatever. We umm… actually ca here because we wanted to talk about Keith. With you."
Rebecca stared at them for a few seconds before nodding. Then she took a step forward and looked around.
"Get in quickly. You're not supposed to be here at this mont." she said, looking slightly anxious as Alia and Clara rushed in with Miya right behind them.
Once they were all in, she locked the door behind her and guided them to the living room. A small child sat on the floor in middle of a huge ss. Multiple toys were sprawled on the floor, both broken and intact ones.
He turned around, saw his mother standing with three strangers and panicked. He jumped up, stomped on a small wooden spinning top, scread in pain as he grabbed his foot with one hand and covered his bare privates with the other while skipping over to his mother.
"Maaa!" he wailed as he got closer and Rebecca picked him up before looking at her guests apologetically, "Give a minute please. I'll just… take him to our bedroom."
Clara and Alia smiled as they nodded, but Miya on the other hand raised her hand, her palm facing a small potted plant near the window. The plant grew extrely fast and it's tiny branch moved towards the center of the room and began to toss all the toys into a small wooden box that was at a corner.
Rebecca stood frozen while all of this happened while her son stared at Miya with wide eyes.
He pointed towards her and grabbed his mom's hair and pulled it slightly, "Maa, I want her."
Rebecca smacked her knuckles on his head and began to head to the bedroom while lecturing him, "She's not a toy, Kris! Show so respect to the others. Seriously, your father spoils to rotten."
Alia and Clara shared a wry smile as they sat down on the couch while Miya walked over to the plant. She grabbed the stems and broke them one by one before patting the plant.
Almost instantly, the short stems grew a little and now looked like the way it was before Miya used her powers on it. She then looked at the long green stems and they began to slither like snakes as they tangled with each other.
They weaved around each other and after almost a minute, Miya walked over and grabbed the green hat and kissed it gently, making the hat grow multiple white flowers.
Right at this mont, Rebecca walked into the living room and looked a the trio, "So… what did you want to talk about?"
Before Alia or Clara could respond though, Miya rushed over and raised the hat towards Rebecca, "Papa told to give gifts whenever I go to other's hos."
"Papa?" Rebecca asked softly, looking slightly confused as she looked up at the other two who were sitting on the couch.
"Umm… she's talking about Keith." Alia said, blushing slightly.
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